MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Judiciary

By: Senator(s) Kirby, Ross

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-5-319, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT TAPES CONTAINING RECORDS OF EMERGENCY CALLS MAY BE DISSEMINATED UPON WRITTEN PERMISSION BY THE PERSON WHO PLACED THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CALL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 19-5-319, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

19-5-319. (1) Automatic number identification (ANI), automatic location identification (ALI) and geographic automatic location identification (GeoALI) information that consist of the name, address and telephone number of telephone or wireless subscribers shall be confidential, and the dissemination of the information contained in the 911 automatic number and location data base is prohibited except for the following purpose: the information will be provided to the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) on a call-by-call basis only for the purpose of handling emergency calls or for training, and any permanent record of the information shall be secured by the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) and disposed of in a manner which will retain that security, except upon court order or subpoena from a court of competent jurisdiction, or as otherwise provided by law.

(2) All emergency telephone calls and telephone call transmissions received pursuant to Section 19-5-301 et seq., and all tapes containing records of the emergency telephone calls, shall remain confidential and used only for the purposes as may be needed for law enforcement, fire medical rescue or other emergency services. These calls may be released to the person who made the emergency telephone call, but shall not be released to any other parties without court order or subpoena from a court of competent jurisdiction or written permission by the person who made the emergency telephone call.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2000.